Details of the doctoral school

Identification number: D119

Institution: SZTE TTK

Research field: chemistry

Name: Graduate School of Chemistry

Year when doctoral program was accepted: 2001

Details of the doctoral school

Identification number: D119

Institution: SZTE TTK

Research field: chemistry

Name: Graduate School of Chemistry

Year when doctoral program was accepted: 2001

Head of the doctoral school

Dr. Ágota Tóth, DSc.

Full professor

atoth@chem.u-szeged.hu

H-6720 - Szeged, Rerrich Béla sq 1.

Deputy head of the doctoral school

Dr. Ákos Kukovecz, DSc.

Full professor

kakos@chem.u-szeged.hu

H-6720 - Szeged, Rerrich Béla sq. 1.

Administration coordinator

Dr. Gábor Varga, PhD.

assistant professor

gabor.varga5@chem.u-szeged.hu

H-6720 - Szeged, Dóm sq. 7.

Student tracking

In the last 15 years, 141 students have obtained a doctoral degree from the School of Chemistry, of whom 10 (7%) are not known. The distribution of their positions are shown in the graph below:



44% of the graduates work in Hungary and hold research, R&D, engineering and other management positions in large industrial enterprises (e.g., Bosch, Contitech, MOL, Richter Gedeon) and small businesses (e.g., Echemicles, Petrolterv, Soneas). 25 % of the graduates have academic teaching and research positions at universities or at HUN-REN research institutes, from which several of them have won ERC and/or Momentum grants, Bolyai fellowships, or other NRDIH research grants. 24% of the graduates are currently abroad: 19% are postdocs or lecturers in foreign universities (mostly in EU countries), while 5% have found their career in industry in different parts of the world (EU, Egypt, Indonesia, China, USA). Most importantly, they use their knowledge in chemistry or related fields.

July 31, 2025